Best NVIDIA driver

Hi All; I see Nvidia has a new driver 197.13, I'm using 195.62 because MSI Afterburner wouldn't work with the newer drivers.  Which Driver seems to work best with the GTX260 Ocv4..... Thanks Bob   

Hi Henry; I've done the same things ,but the problem still comes up from time to time. I can go a couple of weeks with no problem, then POW IT'S BACK!...... Can't figure it out...... Thought that my Flight Sim X wasn't communicating with the card, but others have this happen in other games. Installed Afterburner 1.5.1 this AM & am running 195.62 also........... I'll wait to see if Svet has good luck with the 197.13. I understand that Nvidia had a lot of bug fixes in it. We'll see what happens..... Have a Productive Day!       

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